Sun August 25, 2002

NEWS JUST IN

 Loeb Wins in Deutschland @ 01:00 PM - Overall: 1. Loeb, 2. Burns +14.3, 3. Gronholm +1:19.1, 4. C McRae +3:45.3, 5. Thiry +5:18.8, 6. Martin +5:33.0, 7. Makinen +5:39.2, 8. Sainz +6:17.0, 9. Delecour +6:35.9, 10. Eriksson +13:34.2

 After SS22 - Just SSS Remains @ 12:04 AM - Overall: 1. Loeb, 2. Burns +14.7, 3. Gronholm +1:18.7, 4. C McRae +3:38.2, 5. Thiry +5:13.7, 6. Martin +5:29.6, 7. Makinen +5:34.6, 8. Sainz +6:11.1, 9. Delecour +6:26.8, 10. Eriksson +13:24.5

 After SS21 - 2 Stages Remain @ 11:30 AM - Overall: 1. Loeb, 2. Burns +12.1, 3. Gronholm +1:13.3, 4. C McRae +3:25.5, 5. Thiry +4:52.3, 6. Martin +5:16.7, 7. Makinen +5:28.6, 8. Sainz +5:58.3, 9. Delecour +6:04.6, 10. Eriksson +13:10.2

 After SS20 @ 11:08 AM - Overall: 1. Loeb, 2. Burns +12.2, 3. Gronholm +1:09.1, 4. C McRae +3:09.3, 5. Thiry +4:36.0, 6. Martin +5:01.3, 7. Makinen +5:19.9, 8. Delecour +5:41.3, 9. Sainz +5:47.2, 10. Eriksson +12:48.2

 After SS19 @ 09:20 AM - Overall: 1. Loeb, 2. Burns +13.3, 3. Gronholm +1:03.5, 4. C McRae +2:58.7, 5. Thiry +4:22.9, 6. Martin +4:54.3, 7. Makinen +5:14.3, 8. Delecour +5:23.8, 9. Sainz +5:37.8, 10. Eriksson +12:22.5

 Harri Out @ 08:54 AM - He Retired on SS19 - unconfirmed reasons.

 After SS18 @ 08:46 AM - Unconfirmed - Overall: 1. Loeb, 2. Burns +8.1, 3. Gronholm +47.6, 4. C McRae +2:40.6, 5. Thiry +4:00.3, 6. Makinen +5:09.1, 7. Sainz +5:19.4, 8. Martin +5:36.2, 9. Rovanpera +6:19.6, 10. Delecour +6:32.5

 Confusion Over SS17 Times @ 08:19 AM - Organisers seem to have taken the decision to bring Martin and Delecour back to the start of the stage and allow the two drivers to have clean runs - final stage results when we have them.

 Carlos Still In It? @ 08:10 AM - He has reportedly set a time on SS17 but is likely to be excluded for not starting the stage on time.

 Carlos Retires @ 08:02 AM - He is sitting at the start of SS17 and the car won't start.

 Armin Kremer Off Stage @ 07:43 AM - On SS17, crew ok and following cars being slowed. Markko and Delecour have lost a lot of time.

Sat August 24, 2002

NEWS JUST IN

 End of Leg 2 @ 06:34 PM - Overall: 1. Loeb, 2. Burns +10.1, 3. Gronholm +25.4, 4. C McRae +2:14.8, 5. Sainz +2:44.9, 6. Thiry +3:21.1, 7. Martin +4:01.2, 8. Delecour +4:02.6, 9. Makinen +4:27.0, 10. Kremer +5:46.7

 After SS15 @ 04:32 PM - Only the Super-Stage remains - Overall after 15: 1. Loeb, 2. Burns +18.6, 3. Gronholm +35.3, 4. C McRae +2:17.5, 5. Sainz +2:49.7, 6. Thiry +3:26.6, 7. Delecour +4:04.6, 8. Martin +4:07.2, 9. Makinen +4:33.3, 10. Kremer +5:47.2

 SS14 Stopped @ 04:26 PM - Due to an accident.

 Toni Rolls Out @ 04:13 PM - Toni Gardemeister (Skoda) has rolled out of the rally on SS14.

 After SS14 @ 03:51 PM - Overall: 1. Loeb, 2. Burns +15.5, 3. Gronholm +35.1, 4. C McRae +1:53.2, 5. Sainz +2:30.1, 6. Thiry +3:02.8, 7. Delecour +3:38.0, 8. Martin +3:44.8, 9. Makinen +4:13.9, 10. Kremer +5:17.5

 After SS13 @ 01:29 PM - Marcus Spun & Delecour 2nd Fastest! Overall: 1. Loeb, 2. Burns +18.8, 3. Gronholm +43.2, 4. C McRae +1:34.4, 5. Sainz +2:07.7, 6. Thiry +2:34.5, 7. Delecour +3:06.5, 8. Martin +3:11.9, 9. Gardmeister +3:40.4, 10. Makinen +3:56.3

 Leader in Trouble @ 12:55 AM - Loeb (Citroen) has hit a stone and knocked the steering out of line on SS12. Next service is after SS13 (Running now).

 After SS12 - Burns Closes @ 12:39 AM - 1. Loeb, 2. Burns +6.2, 3. Gronholm +34.0, 4. C McRae +1:26.6, 5. Sainz +2:01.5, 6. Thiry +2:09.6, 7. Martin +3:04.5, 8. Gardemeister +3:06.4, 9. Delecour +3:06.4, 10. Makinen +3:31.2

 Accident Aftermath @ 12:24 AM - After their accident Armin Schwarz (Hyundai) is reported to have a fractured dislocated third rin. Manfred has a badly bruised chest and both are in shock. We wish the the best.

 After SS11 @ 12:19 AM - 1. Loeb, 2. Burns +23.9, 3. Gronholm +49.8, 4. C McRae +1:35.7, 5. Sainz +2:16.9, 6. Thiry +2:20.1, 7. Martin +3:15.8, 8. Gardemeister +3:17.3, 9. Delecour +3:19.1, 10. Solberg +3:42.6

 Harri In Trouble @ 12:15 AM - He lost time on SS11 in his Peugeot with Hydaulic Pressure problems.

 Petter Solberg Out @ 12:13 AM - He finished SS11 but has retired after his accident on that stage, he was running fifth.

 Armin Out of It @ 10:09 AM - He rolled his Hyundai.

 After SS10 @ 09:48 AM - 1. Loeb, 2. Burns +30.2, 3. Gronholm +59.2, 4. C McRae +1:38.7, 5. Solberg +1:51.9, 6. Thiry +2:09.9, 7. Sainz +2:17.1, 8. Rovanpera +2:59.0, 9. Delecour +3:12.2, 10. Makinen +3:53.1

 A Firey End @ 09:30 AM - Phillippe Bugalski (Citroen) has retired - fire after an off-road excursion.

 Achim Mortl Out @ 09:22 AM - Subaru loose Achmin from way down the order - off the road on SS10. Crew ok.

 After SS9 @ 09:19 AM - 1. Loeb, 2. Burns +20.1, 3. Gronholm +1:06.8, 4. C McRae +1:19.2, 5. Bugalski +1:25.7, 6. Thiry +1:37.3, 7. Solberg +1:40.6, 8. Schwarz +1:44.3, 9. Sainz +1:49.6, 10. Rovanpera +2:33.3

 Rain falls over Baumholder @ 08:20 AM - The weather forecast has proved to be correct in that heavy rain is now falling over the Baumholder stages as the crews head into the day's stages. The Michelin v. Pirelli battle will be intriguing as the Italian manufacturer will look to press home it's wet asphalt advantage.

 Loix out of rally ... @ 08:19 AM - Hyundai's Freedy Loix has failed to make it out of service at the start of the second leg, with hydraulic failure on his Accent WRC.

Fri August 23, 2002

NEWS JUST IN

 After SS8 - End of Leg 1 @ 05:49 PM - Positions into day two ... Loeb leads with healthy margin ... 1. Loeb, 2. Burns +27.0, 3. Bugalski +49.0, 4. C McRae +1:10.4, 5. Solberg +1:22.3, 6. Gronholm +1:26.8, 7. Schwarz +1:29.6, 8. Thiry +1:34.2, 9. Loix +1:40.2, 10. Sainz +1:42.1

 After SS5 - Loeb Leading @ 01:17 PM - 1. Loeb, 2. Burns +25.7, 3. Bugalski +41.4, 4. C McRae +53.2, 5. Solberg +55.2, 6. Loix +1:05.9, 7. Thiry +1:14.1, 8. Schwarz +1:15.3, 9. Sainz +1:17.6, 10. Gronholm +1:22.2

 Arai Out @ 01:15 PM - Toshi Arai (Subaru) retired before SS5 (gearbox)

 Kahle's Skoda Out @ 12:24 AM - Matthias Kahle (Skoda) retired - engine

 SS5 Stopped @ 12:23 AM - Unconfirmed reasons.